Dr. Iris Wahring

University Assistant (Post-Doc)

T: +43-1-4277-47442

E: iris.wahring@univie.ac.at

Raum: O3.58

Office hours: by appointment

Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Liebiggasse 5

1010 Vienna

Research interests

  • Predictors and outcomes of relationship transitions
  • Friendships among singles
  • The role of age in close social relationships
  • Gender differences in social relationships

Academic Career

seit 08/2025 Universitäty Assistant (PostDoc), Institute for Developmental Psychology and Education: Psychology of Aging, University of Vienna
09/2022 – 07/2025 Research Fellow, Institute for Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Humboldt-University of Berlin

Relevant publications by Iris Wahring

Wahring, I. V., van Lange, P. A. M., & Simpson, J. (2026). Romantic relationships matter more to men than to women. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1–64. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X24001365

Wahring, I. V., Hoppmann, C., Neyer, F., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Men and women transitioning to singlehood in young adulthood and midlife. Psychology and Aging, 40(2), 117–136. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000859

Buchinger, L., Wahring, I. V., Ram, N., Hoppmann, C., Heckhausen, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Kids or no kids? Life goals in one’s 20s predict midlife trajectories of well-being. Psychology and Aging, 39(8), 897–914. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000862

van Prooijen, J.-W., Wahring, I., Mausolf, L., Mulas, N., & Shwan, S. (2023). Just dead, not alive: Reconsidering belief in contradictory conspiracy theories. Psychological Science, 34(6), 670-682. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231158570